Hello!

So my time here in Strasbourg has been great so far! Last week I was attending a language orientation at my university before starting "real school"--which just so happened to have started on Monday!

^Pretty shot of Strasbourg!

Monday, I had 2 hours of French and then an hour of phonology, which is really really interesting, and I'm super excited to take the class. It talks about how you pronounce words and how the body creates sound, and the evolution of sound in different languages.

Here are some pictures of what I see on my walk to school...

^this is the bridge I cross!

...and this the one of the streets I take!...


I think my classes are most likely going to be linguistic classes and one philosophy of art class, that I will take at the university and not in the international student section. I'm hoping that since I had philosophy of art freshman year, I will already have the basics (maybe) and can better my understanding of it. It will also be neat to see how teaching philosophy differs between the US and France. At school it is mostly discussion (depending on the prof) and who knows what it will be like...

A funny thing happened while trying to go to philosophy class...I sat in the room for a good 20 minutes, filled out papers and such--only to find out it was a masters level class on the history of jerusalem. ha. c'est la france...

Sunday was a beautiful day, and my friend and I climbed to the top of the cathedral. The view was amazing and although I nearly had a panic attack from walking down the stairs (this adventure only reconfirmed my fear of heights).

Here are some pictures from the top:


^beautiful.


I still just can't get over how pretty the city is. A large part of me is really sad that I will only be here until December, it seems so close, and I have so much I want to do and see...oh well. This just means I will have to come back to Strasbourg at another time.

^This is a picture of the cathedral, and the building in the front is one of the oldest in Strasbourg!

..and here is the main door!


The weather has started to get colder and colder, and I have had to bust out my "fall" jacket...something I'm not to used to in Texas, but it makes me feel like I'm in Oregon again!

More to come soon!